World leaders in 1958

Everyone who held a state’s top posts at some point in 1958, in the order they held them. Names are from Wikipedia’s list of state leaders and appear only where the person’s Wikidata record agrees on the post and the years. What happened in 1958 →

Major powers in 1958

United StatesUnited States history

President: Dwight D. Eisenhower

United KingdomUnited Kingdom history

Queen: Elizabeth II
Prime minister: Harold Macmillan

Soviet UnionRussia history

General Secretary: Nikita Khrushchev
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet: Kliment Voroshilov
Chairman of the Council of Ministers: Nikolai Bulganin, then Nikita Khrushchev

People's Republic of ChinaChina history

Chairman; Paramount Leader: Mao Zedong
Chairman: Mao Zedong
Premier: Zhou Enlai

JapanJapan history

Emperor: Hirohito
Prime minister: Nobusuke Kishi

Republic of IndiaIndia history

President: Rajendra Prasad
Prime minister: Jawaharlal Nehru

Africa

Dominion of GhanaGhana history

Queen: Elizabeth II
Prime minister: Kwame Nkrumah

Ethiopian EmpireEthiopia history

I, Emperor: Haile Selassie

GabonGabon history

Prime minister: Léon M'ba

Kingdom of LibyaLibya history

King: Idris
Prime minister: Abdul Majid Kubar

Kingdom of RwandaRwanda history

King: Mutara III Rudahigwa

LiberiaLiberia history

President: William Tubman

Republic of Egypt (1953–1958)Egypt history

President: Gamal Abdel Nasser
Prime minister, government in rebellion: Gamal Abdel Nasser

Republic of GuineaGuinea history

President: Ahmed Sékou Touré

Republic of the Sudan (1956–1969)Sudan history

President: Ibrahim Abboud
Prime minister: Ibrahim Abboud

Republic of TunisiaTunisia history

President: Habib Bourguiba

Sultanate of ZanzibarTanzania history

Sultan: Khalifa II

Sultanate/ Kingdom of MoroccoMorocco history

King: Mohammed V
Prime minister: Mbarek Bekkay, then Ahmed Balafrej, then Abdallah Ibrahim

Union of South AfricaSouth Africa history

Queen: Elizabeth II
Prime minister: Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom, then Hendrik Verwoerd

Americas

ArgentinaArgentina history

de facto President: Pedro Eugenio Aramburu
President: Arturo Frondizi

BoliviaBolivia history

President: Hernán Siles Zuazo

CanadaCanada history

Queen: Elizabeth II
Prime minister: John Diefenbaker

ColombiaColombia history

President: Alberto Lleras Camargo

Duvalier dynasty, HaitiHaiti history

President: François Duvalier

EcuadorEcuador history

President: Camilo Ponce Enríquez

El Stronato: ParaguayParaguay history

President: Alfredo Stroessner

GuatemalaGuatemala history

Acting President: Guillermo Flores Avendaño
President: Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes

HondurasHonduras history

President: Ramón Villeda Morales

MexicoMexico history

President: Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, then Adolfo López Mateos

NicaraguaNicaragua history

President: Luis Somoza Debayle

Presidential Republic (1925–1973) of ChileChile history

President: Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, then Jorge Alessandri

Republic of Costa RicaCosta Rica history

President: José Figueres Ferrer, then Mario Echandi Jiménez

Republic of Cuba (1902–1959)Cuba history

President: Fulgencio Batista
Prime minister: Emilio Núñez Portuondo, then Gonzalo Güell

Republic of PeruPeru history

Constitutional President: Manuel Prado y Ugarteche
Prime Minister: Manuel Cisneros Sánchez, then Luis Gallo Porras

Republic of VenezuelaVenezuela history

President: Marcos Pérez Jiménez

Second Brazilian RepublicBrazil history

President: Juscelino Kubitschek

Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands)Suriname history

Prime minister: Johan Ferrier, then Severinus Desiré Emanuels

United StatesUnited States history

President: Dwight D. Eisenhower

UruguayUruguay history

President (National Council of Government): Arturo Lezama, then Carlos Fischer

Asia

BhutanBhutan history

Druk Gyalpo: Jigme Dorji Wangchuck
Prime minister: Jigme Palden Dorji

Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) (1945–1976)Vietnam history

President: Ho Chi Minh
Prime minister: Phạm Văn Đồng

Dominion of CeylonSri Lanka history

Queen: Elizabeth II
Prime minister: S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike

Emirate of Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates history

ruler: Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan

Emirate of AjmanUnited Arab Emirates history

ruler: Rashid bin Humaid Al Nuaimi III

Emirate of DubaiUnited Arab Emirates history

ruler: Saeed bin Maktoum bin Hasher Al Maktoum, then Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum

Emirate of FujairahUnited Arab Emirates history

ruler: Mohammed bin Hamad Al Sharqi

Emirate of Ras Al KhaimahUnited Arab Emirates history

ruler: Saqr bin Mohammed Al Qasimi

Emirate of SharjahUnited Arab Emirates history

ruler: Saqr bin Sultan Al Qasimi

Hakims of Bahrain/ State of BahrainBahrain history

Hakim: Salman ibn Hamad Al Khalifa

Imperial State of IranIran history

Shah: Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

Iraqi Republic (1958–1968)Iraq history

President: Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i
Prime minister: Abd al-Karim Qasim

Islamic Republic of PakistanPakistan history

President: Iskander Mirza, then Ayub Khan
Prime minister: Feroz Khan Noon

IsraelIsrael history

President: Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Prime minister: David Ben-Gurion

JapanJapan history

Emperor: Hirohito
Prime minister: Nobusuke Kishi

Kingdom of AfghanistanAfghanistan history

King: Mohammad Zahir Shah
Prime minister: Mohammed Daoud Khan

Kingdom of Cambodia (1953–1970)Cambodia history

King: Norodom Suramarit
Prime minister: Sim Var, then Penn Nouth, then Ek Yi Oun

Kingdom of IraqIraq history

King: Faisal II
Prime minister: Abdul-Wahab Mirjan, then Nuri al-Said, then Ahmad Mukhtar Baban

Kingdom of JordanJordan history

King: Hussein
Prime minister: Ibrahim Hashem, then Samir al-Rifai

Kingdom of LaosLaos history

King: Sisavang Vong
Prime minister: Souvanna Phouma

Kingdom of NepalNepal history

King: Mahendra

Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia history

King: Saud

Lao People's Democratic RepublicLaos history

General Secretary: Kaysone Phomvihane

LebanonLebanon history

President: Camille Chamoun, then Fuad Chehab
Prime minister: Rashid Karami

Liberal democracy period in IndonesiaIndonesia history

President: Sukarno
Prime minister: Djuanda Kartawidjaja

MalaysiaMalaysia history

Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan
Prime minister: Tunku Abdul Rahman

Mongolian People's Republic

Prime minister: Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal

North KoreaNorth Korea history

Chairman: Kim Il Sung
Premier: Kim Il Sung

North Yemen: Mutawakkilite Kingdom of YemenYemen history

King: Ahmad bin Yahya

People's Republic of ChinaChina history

Chairman; Paramount Leader: Mao Zedong
Chairman: Mao Zedong
Premier: Zhou Enlai

PhilippinesPhilippines history

President: Carlos P. Garcia

Protectorate of Brunei / Nation of BruneiBrunei history

Sultan: Omar Ali Saifuddien III

QatarQatar history

Emir: Ali bin Abdullah Al Thani

Republic of China: TaiwanTaiwan history

President: Chiang Kai-shek
Premier: Yu Hung-chun, then Chen Cheng

Republic of IndiaIndia history

President: Rajendra Prasad
Prime minister: Jawaharlal Nehru

Republic of South MalukuIndonesia history

President: Chris Soumokil

Republic of TurkeyTurkey history

President: Celâl Bayar
Prime minister: Adnan Menderes

Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) (1955–1975)Vietnam history

President: Ngo Dinh Diem

Second Syrian RepublicSyria history

President: Shukri al-Quwatli
Prime minister: Sabri al-Asali

Sheikhdom of KuwaitKuwait history

Sheikh: Abdullah III

South KoreaSouth Korea history

President: Syngman Rhee

Sultanate of Muscat and OmanOman history

Sultan: Said III

Sultanate of the Maldive Islands: Huraa Dynasty

Sultan: Muhammad Fareed Didi

ThailandThailand history

King: Bhumibol Adulyadej
Prime minister: Thanom Kittikachorn, then Sarit Thanarat

Umm Al QuwainUnited Arab Emirates history

ruler: Ahmad bin Rashid Al Mualla

Union of Burma

President: Win Maung
Prime minister: Ne Win

United Arab Republic (1958–1961)Syria history

Prime minister: Nur al-Din Kahala

Europe

Andorra

Episcopal Co-Prince: Ramon Iglesias i Navarri
French Co-Prince: René Coty

AustriaAustria history

President: Adolf Schärf
Chancellor: Julius Raab

BelgiumBelgium history

King: Baudouin
Prime minister: Achille Van Acker, then Gaston Eyskens

Czechoslovak Socialist Republic

General Secretary: Antonín Novotný
President: Antonín Novotný
Prime minister: Viliam Široký

DenmarkDenmark history

King: Frederik IX
Prime minister: H. C. Hansen

East GermanyGermany history

President: Wilhelm Pieck
Chairman: Otto Grotewohl

FinlandFinland history

President: Urho Kekkonen
Prime minister: Reino Kuuskoski, then Karl-August Fagerholm

Francoist SpainSpain history

Caudillo: Francisco Franco
Prime minister: Francisco Franco

French Fourth RepublicFrance history

President: René Coty
Prime minister: Félix Gaillard, then Pierre Pflimlin, then Charles de Gaulle

Hungarian People's RepublicHungary history

Chairman: István Dobi
Prime minister: János Kádár, then Ferenc Münnich

IcelandIceland history

President: Ásgeir Ásgeirsson
Prime minister: Hermann Jónasson, then Emil Jónsson

ItalyItaly history

President: Giovanni Gronchi
Prime minister: Adone Zoli, then Amintore Fanfani

Kingdom of Greece: 4th of August RegimeGreece history

King: Paul
Prime minister: Konstantinos Karamanlis
caretaker Prime minister: Konstantinos Georgakopoulos

Kingdom of the NetherlandsNetherlands history

Queen: Juliana
Prime minister: Willem Drees, then Louis Beel

Liechtenstein

Prince: Franz Josef II
Prime minister: Alexander Frick

LuxembourgLuxembourg history

Grand Duchess: Charlotte
Prime minister: Joseph Bech, then Pierre Frieden

Monaco

Prince: Rainier III
Minister of state: Henry Soum

NorwayNorway history

King: Olav V
Prime minister: Einar Gerhardsen

People's Republic of BulgariaBulgaria history

Chairman of the Presidium of the National Assembly: Georgi Damyanov, then Dimitar Ganev
Prime minister: Anton Yugov

People's Socialist Republic of AlbaniaAlbania history

First Secretary: Enver Hoxha
Chairman: Haxhi Lleshi
Prime minister: Mehmet Shehu

Polish People's RepublicPoland history

Chairman: Aleksander Zawadzki
Prime minister: Józef Cyrankiewicz

Republic of IrelandIreland history

President: Seán T. O'Kelly
Taoiseach: Éamon de Valera

Second Portuguese RepublicPortugal history

President: Francisco Craveiro Lopes, then Américo Thomaz

Socialist Republic of RomaniaRomania history

General Secretary: Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
Prime minister: Chivu Stoica

Soviet UnionRussia history

General Secretary: Nikita Khrushchev
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet: Kliment Voroshilov
Chairman of the Council of Ministers: Nikolai Bulganin, then Nikita Khrushchev